Destabilisation
The word destabilisation can be applied to a wide variety of contexts such as attempts to undermine political, military or economic power. In a psychological context it is used as a technique in brainwashing and abuse to disorientate and disarm the victim. For example, in the context of workplace bullying, destabilisation applied to the victim may involve:[1] [2]
- failure to acknowledge good work and value the victim's efforts
- allocation of meaningless tasks
- removal of areas of responsibility without consultation
- repeated reminders of blunders
- setting up to fail
- shifting of goal posts without telling the victim
- persistent attempts to demoralise the victim.
See also
References
- ^ Rayner C, Hoel H, Cooper CL Workplace Bullying: What We Know, Who Is to Blame and What Can We Do? (2001)
- ^ Peyton PR Dignity at Work: Eliminate Bullying and Create a Positive Working Environment (2003)
Further reading
- von Beyme K Parliamentary Democracy: Democratization, Destabilization, Reconsolidation 1789-1999 (2000)
- Dzimba J South Africa's Destabilization of Zimbabwe, 1980-89 (1998)
- Johnson P Martin D Apartheid Terrorism: The Destabilization Report (Changing Southern Africa) (1990)
- Murillo M Avirama JR Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization (2003)
- Sen M Challenge of Destabilisation (1987)
- Siṅgha D Destabilisation and Subversion: New Challenges (1987)
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